PACT OF STEEL

  • JAPAN INVITES U.S. TO JOIN AXIS PACT

    ByNorm Haskett Reading Time: 6 minutes

    Tokyo, Japan • October 13, 1940 On this date in 1940 Japan’s foreign minister Yōsuke Matsuo­ka, who had grown up in Ore­gon and Cal­i­for­nia (1893–1902), invited the United States and other non­aligned nations to join the Tri­par­tite Pact, which Axis powers Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan had initi­aled in Berlin the pre­vious month…

  • JAPAN INVITES U.S. TO JOIN AXIS

    ByNorm Haskett Reading Time: 5 minutes

    Tokyo, Japan · October 13, 1940 On this date in 1940 Japan’s foreign minister Yōsuke Matsuo­ka, who had grown up in Ore­gon and Cal­i­for­nia (1893–1902), in­vited the United States and other non­aligned nations to join the Tri­par­tite Pact, which Axis powers Ger­many, Italy, and Japan had ini­ti­aled in Berlin the pre­vious month (Septem­ber 27). The Pact…

  • JAPAN INVITES U.S. TO JOIN AXIS

    ByNorm Haskett Reading Time: 5 minutes

    Tokyo, Japan · October 13, 1940 On this date in 1940 Japan’s foreign minister Yōsuke Matsuo­ka, who had grown up in Ore­gon and Cal­i­for­nia (1893–1902), in­vited the United States and other non­aligned nations to join the Tri­par­tite Pact, which Axis powers Ger­many, Italy, and Japan had ini­ti­aled in Berlin the pre­vious month (Septem­ber 27). The Pact…